Summer 2000 Volume 96 Issue 3
beyond vassar
About Books
The Hindenberg Crashes Nightly; Horse Heaven Full Story
Award for a Lifetime of Service in Medicine
Dr. June Jackson Christmas '45-4, former commissioner of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Alcoholism Services of the City of New York (19721980), was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Medical Fellowships in November 1999. Full Story
Politics and Prose is Tops
An independent bookstore founded 15 years ago in Washington, DC, by Barbara Meade '57 and her business partner Carla Cohen was designated Bookseller of the Year by Publishers Weekly in 1999... Full Story
Mixed Media
Books: Nonfiction, For Young Readers, Fiction, Mystery; Music; Video Full Story
People
Sun Microsytems, Inc., a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, services, and software that power the Internet and enable companies to conduct business through the Internet... Full Story
A Coincidence of Children's Books
Lenny Hort ’78, Rob Maass ’78, and Yona Zeldis McDonough ’79 all had new children’s books come out this spring — coincidentally with the same publisher, Henry Holt and Company. Full Story
Stress Illustrated
It’s the rotten things in life that inspire Peter Conrad ’91, a Silicon Valley-based technical writer and illustrator...
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